113 HR 5718 IH: Stockman Effect ActU.S. House of Representatives2014-11-14text/xmlENPursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.I113th CONGRESS2d SessionH. R. 5718IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESNovember 14, 2014Mr. Stockman introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and TechnologyA BILLTo study the effect of the Earth’s magnetic field on the weather.1.Short titleThis Act may be cited as the Stockman Effect Act.2.Magnetic field study(a)FindingsCongress finds as follows:(1)Prior to a magnetic polar shift, there is a decline in the Earth’s magnetic fields.(2)Decrease in magnetic fields could impact global temperatures.(3)There is a possibility that the reason Mars lost its atmosphere was because of the loss of its
magnetic field.(b)Magnetic field studyThe director of the National Science Foundation shall commission a study on the impact that a shift
in the Earth’s magnetic field could have on the weather.